Ledger-sheet and monthly-statement filing holder.



PATENTED JULY ll, 1905.

A. INGLIS-DONNELL.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 8.1904.

LEDGER SHEET AND MONTHLY STATEMENT FILING HOLDER.

TeLEPHo NE RSD 112 NTTED STATES Patented July 11, 1905.

PATENT ANDREV INGLIS-DONNELL, OF SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 794,303, dated July 11, 1905.

Application filed July 3, 1904. Serial No. 215.808.

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Be it known that I, ANDREwINeLIs-DON- NELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sacramento, in the county of Sacramento and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ledger- Sheet and Monthly-Statement Filing Holders,

of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a device for holding and iiling the component parts of an account-current and facilitating means of entry thereto, the object of the invention being to provide a device for receiving and holding in combination a ledger card or sheet and a monthly statement or itemized account, the latter in duplicate or triplicate and being so produced at one writing by means of carbonshects between the printed forms, the whole in compact form capable of being iiled in a card-index convenient for ready reference.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of the apparatus. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof on the line A A of Fig. I. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the apparatus, the monthly statement being removed. Fig. 4 is a view of the monthly statement, the upper sheet and the carbon being turned over to disclose the duplicate sheet. Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the clip.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a frame formed of sheet metal having three sides bent over, as shown at 2, to form guides for the edges of recording-sheets.

3 represents the ledger-sheet, having the name of the account type-written or printed thereon, as shown at 4, at the edge of the ledger-sheet, which lies over the open or unfolded edge of the frame. On lines 5 transverse to the individual name of the account are written the full identification and other details of the account and suitably-ruled lines 6 are provided for entering at the end of each month the total of the monthly statement for that month. The sheet 3 is preferably formed of cardboard and is permanently retained in the frame during the whole term of the account. In addition sheets for the monthly statements are provided in original, as shown at 7, and in duplicate, as shown at 8, with a carbon-sheet 9 between them. These sheets 7, 8, and 9 are somewhat shorter than the ledger-sheet 3, so that when said sheets are inserted in place over the ledger-sheet 3 the name of the account appears at the top, as shown in Fig. l, above the edge of the'sheet 7. The frame containing these sheets can be filed in alphabetical or other order with a number of such frames in a suitable case, so that it can be quickly referred to at any time by means of the name of the account at the head of the frame. rIo prevent the sheets being drawn out of the holder in removing any holder from the tiling-case, I provide the sheetmetal U-shaped clip l0, which is somewhat longer on its front side than on its rear side, and on its rear side is provided with an eye 11, which engages a projection 12, stamped out from the sheet-metal frame, and is thus held in place. The clip can be readily rcmoved from the sheets by the pressure of the fingers.

While I have herein shown only a single carbon-sheet, it is obvious that two or more such sheets may be used or the device may be used without any carbon-sheets, but with a single sheet for the monthly statement. It is obvious, however, that the duplicate monthly statement is of advantage in preserving a record of this statement, the original being sent to the correspondent. Furthermore, my invention is not limited to the precise character of recording-sheets here shown, as the frame used therewith can be used with recording-sheets of a different nature and will be found very convenient for iiling and ready reference. I therefore claim said frame in combination with any such recording-sheets, and especially in conjunction with the clip herein shown.

I claiml. In combination a sheet-metal frame having three edges only folded over to form grooves for the reception of the edges of recording-sheets, a ledger-sheet in said frame, and original and duplicate monthly-statement sheets, and a carbon-sheet between them, over the ledger-sheet, the edges of said latter sheets and also of the ledger-sheet being received within said grooves, and said statement-sheets being shorter than the ledger-sheet and ar- IOO in such position over said ledger-sheet as to expose a 'space at the top, and a metallic clip removably attached to the frame at its forked edge and preventing the movement of said sheets across said edge, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

A. INGLIS-DONNELL. Witnesses:

FRANCIS M. WRIGHT, BEssIE GORFINKEL. 

